To carry the goods from heaven, the emperor decreed:
The three colors are scorpions, and there are gatherings of Hongxi; today there is the 18th year of Lin Feixing, the righteous brother of General Pingdong, who has a warm temperament and a sense of propriety, and has been in the army for four years. Shushen in nature, diligent and submissive, graceful and pure, gentle in temperament, virtuous and virtuous; the two have been together for a long time, and these two are indeed perfect couples. Today, they are allowed to marry and marry. The date is set in the 31st year of Yuanding, the Shangyuan Festival.
It is hereby announced to the world that it is appreciated.
As soon as the edict was issued, thirty-six summoners were dispatched from the capital to spread Li Zhao's edict to various places.
People in the capital were discussing who this Lin Feixing was.
Lin Wanyue has a certain reputation in the north, but it seems that the news is not enough to reach the capital. The people can only infer from the edict that Lin Feixing is the righteous brother of Pingdong General Xiang Jingyi.
Lin Feixing thought the wedding was a happy event, but she didn't expect that what was waiting for her could be called a nightmare.
Being a royal consort is not that easy, especially Li Xian's identity is the eldest daughter who is much loved.
On the second day after the imperial decree was issued, the four teaching aunts came to the post house and pulled Lin Wanyue up from the bed before dawn. Lin Wanyue was only wearing a middle coat and looked on in horror. The four women in front of the bed, bent over and hugged their arms, looked like they had been violated.
And the four teaching aunts looked like they were commonplace, and gave Lin Feixing a very standard Wanfu ceremony, ignoring all Lin Feixing's resistance and persuasion, and pulling Lin Feixing's hands away, the other two measured Lin Feixing's stature and recorded it for the palace. The maid took it and reported it to the Inner Court Weaving Division.
Lin Wanyue's nightmare begins...
Let’s start with speaking: how to speak to His Majesty, how to speak to the Crown Prince, how to speak to other royal family members, how to speak to Her Royal Highness the eldest princess in front of outsiders, how to speak when the two are alone…
On the road, what is the attitude of the wind
There are also meals, everything has to be learned...
When Xiang Jingyi went to look for Lin Feixing, he saw Lin Feixing standing in the courtyard with a water bowl on his head. The soldiers from the north in the post house were familiar with Lin Feixing. He even moved the stool and sat aside to watch the play playfully.
But it was hard for Lin Wanyue, and she had to fulfill the request of Aunt Xiu, and she had to bear everyone's attention with the cheek.
Xiang Jingyi saw Lin Feixing's funny gesture from a distance, and couldn't help laughing.
Lin Wanyue shuddered when she heard the laughter, and the water bowl filled with water on top of her head slanted, and a "Whoo" sounded on Lin Wanyue's face.
Lin Wanyue didn't dare to move, she straightened up and looked straight ahead, but the water droplets were still dripping down her chin, very embarrassed.
Aunt Teaching Xi came to Lin Wanyue's side with a cold face, Lin Wanyue smiled awkwardly, took down the bowl above her head, and Aunt Teaching Xi raised the kettle "crashing" and filled it with water, Lin Wanyue slowly Put the bowl back on top of your head.
The two cooperated very tacitly, thinking that Lin Wanyue had experienced it many times.
"A few aunts."
"I have seen General Pingdong."
Xiang Jingyi looked at Lin Feixing's bitter face and looked devastated. He couldn't help but pouted the corners of his mouth. The decree is to receive the concubine, and your Majesty has an decree that Lin Feixing will temporarily live in General Pingdong's mansion before the wedding."
"According to the order."
Xiang Jingyi nodded, walked towards Lin Feixing, and finally couldn't help laughing: "Brother Xing, Your Majesty has a purpose, you will temporarily live in my mansion before the wedding, let's go, the carriage is outside. "
"Thank you bro."
Lin Wanyue took down the bowl on top of her head with relief, and moved her stiff neck and shoulders. This ritual was more tiring than a day's practice!
Lin Wanyue got on the carriage with her baggage amid the laughter of many soldiers in the north, and arrived at the Pingdong General's Mansion. Xiang Jingyi knew that Lin Feixing was working hard, and asked for a half-day vacation with her aunt.
"General Xiang, today the slaves will give General Lin a half-day leave, but the wedding is imminent, and I hope General Xiang will cooperate fully in the future."
Xiang Jingyi smiled apologetically, aunts who taught Xi were notoriously stubborn, and even though their status was not high, Xiang Jingyi did not dare to offend easily.
"Don't worry, the four aunts, this general is just worried that the aunts will be exhausted. Besides, it's past noon today, and I will pass the meal later. My second brother is stupid, and I will have to worry about a few aunts in the future."
"Then the slaves retire."
The four teaching aunts lined up in a row, under the gaze of Xiang Lin and his dignified attitude, they walked out.
As soon as the person left, Lin Wanyue immediately collapsed on the seat, Xiang Jingyi looked at her and laughed.
Here, Lin Wanyue's buttocks haven't gotten hot yet, and another person has come from the palace. The boy from Guan Tiansi went to ask for Lin Wanyue's birthday.
Accepting, asking the name, Naji, accepting the levy, inviting the day, welcoming the relatives.
Due to the urgency of the wedding date, the first-come-first-name question has not been adopted yet. Usually, when leaving the country, the man asks the woman's horoscope, and when it comes to Lin Wanyue's side, it is the other way around.
After Guan Tian Si combined Lin Feixing's and Li Xian's horoscopes, he found out that their horoscopes were a lucky number, and it was Lin Feixing's destiny to help Li Xian. Guan Tian Si immediately reported the news to Li Zhao. Zhao felt a little better after seeing it.
Acceptance is not the same as in the "six rites", only a small gift is given, and the size of the gift depends on the man's family financial situation.
But this point does not apply in this marriage. Xiang Jingyi also understands that Lin Wanyue has no father or mother, and is poor and poor; he is the eldest brother, the eldest brother is like a father, and Xiang Jingyi spent three days. The connections of General Pingdong's mansion in the capital have prepared for Lin Feixing: Xuanyi, sheep, wild goose, sake, white wine, japonica, millet, pampas reed, selaginella, Jiahe, longevity thread, glue paint, five-color silk, acacia bell , Jiuzi Mo, Wudi Qian, Lude Herbs, Phoenix, Lynx Beast, Mandarin Duck, Blessed Beast, Fish, Deer, Wu, Jiuzifu, Yang Sui, etc; Being pressed down by the East Palace, Li Zhu looked at the gift list and pouted, feeling that it was too shabby, and that she was too wronged by her eldest sister, and ordered people to search for it overnight.
Naji’s procedure is followed by a levy. The levy is the bride price paid by the man to the woman’s family. This is the most important link before marriage. The amount of the gift directly reflects the importance attached to the woman. Lin Wanyue joined the army for four years. Counting the income of the food, Li Mu's reward adds up to a total of several hundred gold, which is enough for ordinary people to live for several lifetimes! But when Lin Wanyue reported that he was out of the family, Xiang Jing shook his head straightly.
"I said Brother Xing, do you want to use your few hundred gold to hire Her Royal Highness the eldest princess?"
After Lin Wanyue heard this, her face flushed and she was also worried.
"You stinky boy!"
Xiang Jingyi knew that Lin Feixing was an honest person, with a simple and straightforward temperament. Without saying anything more, he borrowed three thousand gold to Lin Feixing.
The 3,000 gifts were reported, and Li Zhu set aside another 3,000 gold from the East Palace treasury. The interesting thing is: King Qi, King Yong, and King Chu also gave 1,000 gold each. The gift of the betrothal gift was finally reported to Li Zhao. Li Zhao looked at the numbers and nodded. He allocated a thousand gold from the treasury to fill in the betrothal gift, and added the ten thousand gold to the dowry list that had grown too long...
The dignity of the eldest princess is evident from this.
There is basically no need for Lin Wanyue to handle the rest of the matter, she only needs to study the palace rituals and wait for auspicious days.
Li Xian's wedding dress has been prepared by the Inner Court Weaving Division since she was born. The fabrics, show patterns, and accessories are all the best.
Today, this wedding has gathered the power of all directions, and there are still many problems.
Previously, Li Zhong's dress had been prepared more than a year ago when the imperial decree was issued; when he arrived at Lin Feixing's place, the time was very short, and hundreds of embroiderers from the Inner Court Weaving Department were rushing to make them.
The dress is a trivial matter. The biggest problem is the Concubine's Mansion. Li Zhong's Concubine's Mansion was funded by the Pingyang Marquis Mansion for more than a year. The people felt that the family of heaven was deceiving, and the dresses could be made in a hurry, but the Concubine's Mansion could not be built in a few days.
How to do it? With a wave of his sleeves, Li Zhao ordered the concubine to live in the princess' mansion, and then move to the new concubine's mansion after the completion of construction...
After receiving this imperial decree, Xiang Jingyi was directly happy, and made fun of Lin Feixing's good fortune, and even His Majesty created opportunities for her.
After leaving the country, the princess and the concubine have their own mansions after they get married. Generally speaking, the concubine can take the initiative to visit the princess' mansion. Most of them are called by the princess to recruit the concubine. They must sleep together, and the princess must order someone to light a lamp in front of the sleeping hall, and the concubine can only enter when he sees the lamp.
Of course, there are also couples who are in harmony with each other, sticking together all day long, but in general, this etiquette must be followed.
After the marriage, the emperor will deploy an aunt Sji from the inner court to the princess' mansion, who is specially responsible for recording the admission of the concubine, the summons of the princess, and the number of times the princess lights up the lamp.
As for Li Zhao's imperial edict, it seemed to outsiders that Lin Feixing had a lot of things left.
Of course, Lin Wanyue didn't know about these things before, and she didn't know it until she was taught by her aunt to "make up for" the court etiquette...
Day by day, Lin Wanyue has been struggling and looking forward to it.
After thinking about it for a long time, she felt that she should find an opportunity to meet Li Xian, confess her gender, and reveal her heart; she wanted to tell Li Xian that she had to pretend to be a man, but her feelings for her were true, no matter what Li Xian's final answer was, Lin Wan Yue felt that she should know about it, and she was willing to hand over her life to Li Xian.
However, the etiquette also stipulates that one month before the big wedding, the man and the woman are not allowed to meet.
In Lin Wanyue's tangled anticipation and longing, the 31st year of Yuanding's Shangyuan Festival finally came.
On the wedding day, Lin Wanyue stood at the entrance of the princess' mansion wearing a dress. The red carpet was spread for ten miles, from the entrance of the princess' mansion to the inner courtyard of the palace.
In leaving the country, on the day of the big wedding, most men from the woman's family send the bride to the man's house.
Li Zhu was wearing the royal robes of the Crown Prince, riding a tall horse, walking in front, and sitting in front of the 24-person Huang driving car chariot sat Li Xian, who was wearing a wedding dress.
Behind the sedan chair was Li Xian's dowry. The first car followed Li Xian out of the palace gate, and the last car was still parked in the unidentified palace.
In the whole Tiandu City, the streets are sprinkled with water, and there are only families sending relatives. The location, just to see the grand occasion of this heavenly family marrying a daughter!
There is no snow in Tianducheng all year round, but the weather is already the coldest in this season. Lin Wanyue stood in front of the palace of the eldest princess, his palms sweating.
Xiang Jingyi smiled and patted Lin Feixing on the shoulder: "How are you, nervous?"
"Yeah!" Lin Wanyue nodded, her mouth was dry and her heart skipped a beat.
Finally, the team to send relatives is far away!